[HH] Broadband connectivity in Boston & Burbs

[Brough Turner]

Thanks Stephen!

Yes, we've got several thousand customers including some businesses with
/29s and a few businesses with /28s, but only 2048 addresses from ARIN plus
we lease another 512 addresses from another ISP.  So IPv4 addresses are
harder to come by, i.e. more expensive, than just a few years ago.

Currently we put residential customers on carrier grade NAT unless they
explicitly ask for a fixed address.  In that case we give them a single
fixed IP address (either via PPPoE or via 1-to-1 NAT, depending on how
their service is delivered). Extra addresses (so far only requested by
businesses) are $40/month for a /29 (5 useable addresses).  Any thing
beyond that, e.g. a /28, requires an ARIN address justification.

In any event, we don't block any ports, we provide symmetric services and
provide the best speeds that radios and economics allows.  Our fastest
services (300/300 Mbps or 500/500 Mbps) are in multi-unit buildings
(apartments or condos) where we can bring in Gig+ capacity to the roof and
wire down through a building.


Thanks,
Brough Turner

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On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:

> My understanding is that for residential customers it's carrier grade NAT
> by default, a single public IPv4 address by request at no extra cost.
> Additional IP addresses available for a monthly charge. I don't know what
> that fee is. The most likely obstacle would be coverage... Not much
> availability last I checked, unless you're in Cambridge, or in view of the
> top of the Hancock building in Boston.
> I don't find a coverage map... you may need to submit the form here:
> http://www.netblazr.com/residential/at-home/#get
> A number of us (Kurt Keville, Brian Delacey, et al) have known one of the
> founders, Brough Turner, for years. Good folks to deal with.
>     -S.
>
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2017, Federico Lucifredi wrote:
>
> Does netblazr include multiple fixed IPs? And I will assume the
>> residential service is not a routed circuit :-).
>>
>
> Best-F
>
> Sent from my iPhone.
>
> On Oct 31, 2017, at 12:12 AM, Stephen Ronan <sronan at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 31 Oct 2017, Federico Lucifredi wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Hackers,
>>>
>>   What is the current state of broadband in Boston & burbs? What is the ‘
>> speakeasy.net’ of this decade, meaning the choice of the techie crowd?
>>
>> Netblazr.com for those within their geographical footprint?
>>
>> And then there's $10/month Comcast Internet Essentials for low-income
>> families with kids in K-12 school, or for low-income Boston seniors, or for
>> residents anywhere of HUD-assisted housing...
>> http://internetessentials.com
>>
>> -S
>>
>
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